Police rapist David Carrick told victim he was 'safest person' before sex attack
A former Metropolitan Police officer told one of his victims he was “the safest person that she could be with” before he raped her.
David Carrick, 48, was unmasked as one of Britain's most prolific sex offenders after he admitted to 24 counts of rape as well as charges of sexual assault, controlling and coercive behaviour and false imprisonment.
Today was the first of a two-day sentencing hearing at Southwark Crown Court in London. This morning the court heard how Carrick carried out a “catalogue of violent and brutal sexual offences… on multiple victims”.
Prosecutor Tom Little KC, opening the case at Southwark Crown Court on Monday, began by listing all the charges Carrick has admitted.
Carrick attacked a dozen women over an 18-year periodMr Little told the court about a victim who had been told by Carrick that he was "the safest person that she could be with" before raping her.
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Speaking about the victim’s ordeal, Mr Little said: “He asked her to sit beside him. She said no.
“He then got up and went to kiss her and again she said no. She told him that she wasn’t interested. He apologised and said sorry.
“They spoke for a while and then she said that she was going to go. She went for the door and tried to open it but she couldn’t do it.
Carrick joined the force in 2001 (Reach Commissioned)
Carrick told one of his victims he was 'the safest person that she could be with', the court heard (REX/Shutterstock)“The defendant told (his victim) that she could not go. He grabbed her by the hair and put his hand round her mouth and dragged her backwards.”
Mr Little said Carrick held a black handgun to a victim’s head before telling her “you are not going” as he raped her.
Mr Little told the court: “She froze. The prosecution does not contend that it was a real firearm. (The victim) couldn’t say whether it was or not.”
Serial rapist Carrick told one victim he would be the “last thing she saw” as he put his hands around her throat, a court heard.
Speaking about the rape, prosecutor Mr Little said: “It carried on for some time.
“He put his hands around her throat and said he was going to be the last thing she saw.”
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Mr Little said the woman attended King’s College Hospital with external and internal injuries after being raped by Carrick.
Mr Little said: “She was asked who had raped her and she told the nurse that it was a police officer.
“(The victim) told the police that the nurse in A&E told her that she needed to be ready if she was going to complain about it and that even if she did it might not go to court.
“She said as she was young, she might be better to try to put it behind her and move on.
“As a result, (the victim) did not report the matter to the police at the time.”
Carrick remained emotionless with his head bowed and eye closed while Mr LIttle recounted his horrific crimes.
Carrick sent a photograph of himself with a work-issue firearm to one of his victims, saying “remember I am the boss”, a court heard.
Carrick held a black handgun to a victim’s head, the court heard (REX/Shutterstock)Mr Little KC told Southwark Crown Court: “He told her that she belonged to him and the she must obey him.
“He threatened her with his police baton and sent her a photograph of his work-issue firearm saying ‘remember I am the boss’.
“He told her that she should obey him and that, if she did, he would give her an amazing life.”
Mr Little told the court about another one of his victims being shut under a cupboard under the stairs.
He said Carrick would force her to strip naked and go into the cupboard where he would be on the other side of the door and "whistle at her as if she was a dog".
Assistant Commissioner Barbara Gray said these next two days would provide more detail about Carrick's "cruel and abusive" offences.
It later emerged that the Met was informed of nine incidents - including allegations of rape, domestic violence and harassment - between 2000 and 2021.
Carrick, who joined the force in 2001 before becoming an armed officer with the Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection Command in 2009, faced no criminal sanctions or misconduct findings.
Police chiefs across England and Wales have since been asked to have all officers checked against national police databases by the end of March.
Carrick, who served in the Army before joining the Met, admitted 49 criminal charges, but some of the attacks are multiple incident counts, meaning they relate to more than 80 sexual offences, including at least 48 rapes against 12 women.
He will also be sentenced to nine counts of sexual assault, five counts of assault by penetration, three counts of coercive and controlling behaviour, and three counts of false imprisonment.
Carrick's offences also include two counts of attempted rape, one count of attempted sexual assault by penetration, one count of causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent, and one count of indecent assault.
He denied a further count of rape in September 2020 relating to a 13th woman, whose allegation triggered the investigation, and the Crown Prosecution Service decided it was not in the public interest to proceed to trial on the charge.
Carrick's crimes are set to form part of the independent inquiry looking at the murder of Sarah Everard, who was raped and strangled to death by then-serving Met officer Wayne Couzens in March 2021.
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